The Puffer Forum

Since this isin't major health issue i don't think i need to post the parameters or really anything else.

So, my puffer has been a picky eater from the start. When i first got him he wouldn't eat anything until i found out that he loved dried plankton. He was on that for a year, then when he grew, i figured he outgrew the food so i gave him more of a meat base diet. He loved bloodworms. Now, about a year later, starting tonight he barley ate. I usually feed him have a cube of frozen bloodworms once every other day. I did not get around to feeding him yesterday, so he went two days without food. I feed him tonight, he only ate a very small amount, if any bloodworms, only way i can tell is that his belly was only very slightly round. He left food all over the tank, which he normally devouers the cube within seconds. As far as food for his teeth goes, he usually gets a cricket once every two days.

Could this be a sign of him getting tired of the bloodworms, i tried frozen brine shrimp on him, and he didn't even touch it. I would like to keep him on bws.

Sorry, can't help much without the above in red answered. Whenever your puffer behaviour changes, you need to check into all that.

I'd just like to add something and I may be totally wrong on this one, but bear with me.

I keep 2 Atlantic Mudskippers and 3 Dwarf Mudskippers and with them, if they are fed foods which they would not get in the wild (like crickets) it tends to mess with them internally, and the end result is not good.

Could that be the case with your puffer? I don't really know, just wondering aloud I suppose.
I hope your puffer improves, as I know it can be stressful when they won't eat and don't seem normal.